Insurrection

from denverabc, 16 July 2010: "Please note this comes from a capitalist news source and seems very much intended at continuing the the counter-insurgency model of dealing with the rebellion surrounding the Oscar Grant verdict.

Although almost all photos and video of the night show black and brown community members from Oakland attacking the downtown area, the media and law enforcement have tried to blame "outside agitators" and "anarchists" for the rebellion. These accusations aim to downplay the local involvement of hundreds of youth of color who were rightfully enraged by the verdict..." more

OAKLAND, California: In the early hours of January 1st 2009, BART police shot and killed a 22 year old man, Oscar Grant, on the platform of the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland. Witnesses report that Grant was "lying on his stomach with his hands out in a non-threatening position when he was shot" by cop Johannes Mehserle.

Recent articles from the newswires that include the keywords: Oscar, Grant, Mehserle... more

by Zig Zag, 15 July 2010, via Vancouver Media Co-op: "Despite a $1 billion security budget and some 19,000 security personnel during the Toronto G20 Summit, police appeared incompetent and confused as militants inflicted extensive property damage and torched 4 police cars. While the protests failed to breach the 6km security fencing, the attacks were a significant victory for the resistance, which had vowed to 'humiliate' the security apparatus in the weeks prior to the summit..." more

from OL, 20 March 2010: "Despite the fact that the police claims that Lambros Foundas was a key member of a terrorist group, anarchists in Athens and Thessaloniki have launched an extended campaign in honor of him. A demonstration of memory took place 20 March in the area where the anarchist was shot dead last week. The same time, in Thessaloniki a gathering took place. The banner was placed at the spot of the shooting and reads “Lambros is one of us”..." more

from denverabc, updated 23 March 2010: "Havoc broke out within minutes of Montreal’s 14th annual anti-police brutality march on Monday 15 March, resulting in about one hundred arrests. Arresting large groups, riot police gathered people and cornered them against a wall. The two sides remained in a standoff for over an hour before the protesters were loaded into city buses and carted to a police station in the city’s east end..." more

from priceofoil, 16 March 2010: "Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian Nobel peace prize novelist warned that Nigeria is close to breaking up and had become a failed state. He said the leadership of the country has descended into a “theatre of the absurd”. Soyinka’s warnings came soon after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) – the leading militant group in the delta region – set off two car bombs, in the government building in the southern oil city of Warri, where talks were being held about implementing an amnesty programme..." more

from email, 13 February 2010: "On March 31st 1990, the day before the tax was to be implemented, over 200 Haringey residents met up at Turnpike Lane tube to travel together to join over 250,000 people marching through Central London calling for mass non-payment and resistance to the tax. It was a carnival atmosphere. As the demonstration passed Thatcher's headquarters (Downing St) there was a confrontation with police, and it soon turned into a battle with mounted police and riot units. Eventually, Trafalgar Sq became a battleground as thousands of people fought police for control of the square and the area around it. The anti-poll tax movement gained world-wide coverage..." more

from some anarchists, 1 January 2010: "Its been over two months now that two anarchists - Alfredo Bonnano and Christos Stratigopoulos had been arrested in Greece following bank robbery. Needless to say those anarchist comrades need our solidarity and support now. Especially 72 years old Bonnano is in grave danger due to his health problems and extremely bad conditions he is kept in Amfissa prison..." more

from friends, 1 January 2010: "Police tactics are currently in flux post-London G20 - this change is very important, so please feedback any new things they are doing on the ground, anything you've tried, whether they've worked or not.  Feedback contact details are at the end of this guide.   The aim of this guide is not to show you how to conduct a riot. Neither is it intended as a critique on the pros and cons of fighting with the police..." more

from occupied london, 1 November 2009: "Translators’ note: The interview below was published in an Athens paper today (November 1st 2009).

It contains some very powerful words by a comrade who has managed to deal with the barbarity of incarceration with endless dignity, sobriety and the will to keep fighting. Our warmest greetings to Yiannis Dimitrakis and all other victims of the incarceration machine: until all are free, none of us truly is..." more

via crimethinc, 30 October 2009: "Imagine, if you will, gentle reader, the animist version of this story in which dumpsters, long accused of complicity in anarchist “lifestylism,” step out of their social role to join the social war. Free food, even when distributed via programs like Food Not Bombs, is not enough—we want freedom itself, and the dumpster does too, and it gains momentum down the hill as it rolls, alone and magnificent, directly into a pair of oblivious policemen..." more

Updated daily: On 1 October 2009, anarchists Alfredo Bonanno and Christos Stratigopoulos were arrested in Trikala, Greece on Thursday on suspicion of having carried out a bank robbery at a branch of the Piraeus bank. They were ordered into pre-trial detention. This, according to greek law, can last up to 18 months.
Keywords: Alfredo, Bonanno, Christos, Stratigopoulos... more

from crimethinc, 24 September 2009: "This was written the night of September 24, immediately following the events described, without time to verify all the reports summarized or assemble additional information. There may be errors; if so, we will correct them shortly.

This is on-the-spot reporting just in from the first day of the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, which has seen a great deal of spirited resistance and confrontation—perhaps as much as has occurred at any anarchist mobilization in North America in half a decade. This gushy, hastily composed account presents the context, attempts to convey the spirit of the day, and raises a few preliminary questions..." more

from various sources, updated 10 September 2009: Action report and communique, internet translation of the statement from Revolutionary Students - "In several towns and areas we saw as the repressive organs of State have already begun to act against the next September 11. Already some people are beginning to cornering, to raid houses in the popular sectors, to carry out mass identity checks, to make tracking possible demonstrators, and so on..." more

Updated daily: Articles from external web site news feeds, filtered for the keywords: Riot, Molotov... more